Meat-rack.



No. 6332843. Y yPamnmSept. flss.'

' c. HoYT.

man mack.

(Application tiled 31m. 28, 1899A.)

(llo Model.)

UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE,

crans Herr, or srl/tirreno, CONNECTICUT.

I M EAT-'RAC K.y

'srncrrrenfrroiv forming pm of Letters'ratent No. 633,843, dated september 2e, 1899. Application filed JanuaryiZS, 1899. Serial No. 703,721. (No modeLl To all whom' t may concern:

Beit known that I, CYRUS HOY fr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stamford', in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Im- ,flow of and collect the drippings, and support the meat in such manner that it will not turn black or become slimy, and which possesses other advantages in point of simplicity of construction, durability, and general efficiency. 1

With thisand other-minor objects in vieurr -the invention consists of certainhovel features of construction and arrangementof parts, which Will be hereinafter more fully described vand claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part' of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective View of a meatrack constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofthe same.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View. Fig..

et is a perspective View of the rack proper detached.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A represents a shallow pan or tray which serves as a holder for the rack anda receptacle to catch and retain the drippings from the meat supported on the rack. This pan is constructed of sheet metal, galvanized or otherwise prepared to resist deleterious eects from,V the action of fluids coming in contact therewith. It may be rectangular or of any other4 preferred form to adapt it for use in refrigerators, ice-boxes, or other receptacles of different sizes and forms and may be provided with one or more handles for con-y Venience in lifting, inserting, and removing or transporting itY from place to place. p The rack B consists of a series of spaced parallel metallic rods or bars c, rigidly eonr nectedby dovetailing or 'otherwise to metallic end bars d, which hold them in fixed relation to eachother. This rack lits snugly in the panand is preferably permanently attached thereto by suitable fastening devices, such as rivets, passed through the end hars and adjacent sides of the pan; but it lmay be re f movably tted therein, if desired. .Solid rods and end bars arc employed to provide a large area of metallic surface to store up and retain cold-'a desideratum in racks of this character.

The rods c are triangular in form in cross- `section and have their lowersides or base portions re'sting on the 'bottom of the pan, so as to form a series of chambers adapted to rei ceive the drippings from the meat. v The sides e of the rods are also arranged to` face each other and form inclined conductors, down which the drippings flow to the chambers, and the upper edgeslf thereof are slightly curved or rounded, as shown. The objectof this construction and arrangement isto allow the blood and, other drippingsto quickly ydrain oif and not remain in contactwith the meat, while providing supporting-surfaces which are not sharp enough to cut or otherwise injure the hands Vof a personhandling the rack, but which at the same time present such a small'area'of contacting surface that the meat when laid thereon will not turn black or become slimy. These features are of material importance, andthe advantages thereof will be readily understood by those conversant withV the art. The rods project a suflicient distance above the sides of the pan to hold the meat out of contact therewith and permit of a free circulation of-cold air.

- Heretofore it has been customary to employ racks for the purpose stated composed of wooden bars or of tinted or corrugatedmetal plates. Wooden racks have, however, been found objectionable, because they vbecome quickly soaked or impregnated with blood and other matter dripping from fresh meats and brine from corned meats and are in consequence difficult to clean and liable to accumulate dirt and germs of disease, which quickly canse the meat to spoil, and, further, because it is necessaryin order to provide a rack of the requisite strength to sustain heavy pieces of meat to make the bars so large that IOO an undesirable amount of contact-surface is presented. Fluted, corrugated, and channeled plates have also been found objectionable for the reason that they do not retain cold to the required extent to prevent spoiling of the meat When the ice is low in the refrigerator or ice-box, do not permit of a free circulation of air, present too much contact-surface, and retain the drippings in too close proximity to the meat. My invention entirely obviates these objections, as the supportingrods of the rack are solid and readily store up and retain cold, While they are easily` cleaned, have a minimum amount of contacting surface, and hold the meat a suiiicient distance above the bottom of the pan to allow air to freely circulate beneath the same and at the same time prevent the drippiugs from havingaccess thereto. The inclined sides of the rods also provide for the ready and quick flow of the drippingrs and waterot condensation therefrom,so that the upper edges thereof are always kept in a cleanly condition.

vVhile the preferred form ot' my invention is herein disclosed, it will of course be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as nen7 is-w A meat-rack consisting, essentially, of a sheet-metal pan or tray, and a drain and supporting-rack inclosed therein ,which rack coinprises in its construction a pair of solid end bars bearing against opposite sides of the pan and a series of independent, solid, triangularshaped rods extending between and connected to the bars, said rods being spaced apart with their inclined sides facing each other and their broad base portions seated on the bottom of the pan so as to form intervening V- shaped chambers to which the said inclined sides serve as conductors and being of greater depth than the bars and pan so that their upper edges or apexes stand above the plane thereof, and having said edges slightly curved or rounded, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CYRUS HOYT. [L s] Witnesses:

CLEMENT A. FULLER, WILLIAM F. WATERBURY. 

